[plug] Hello?

[Chris Cornish]

So where is this thred going dudes ?



---Tamara Thompson <THOMPSON at gate.sunquest.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Trevor,
> 
> Welcome to the PLUG, where answers come
> when someone has them.  :)
> 
> What distrib did you say you are using?
> I don't like black boxing it, but Redhat 5.2
> upgrade gave me fewer things to fight with 
> and learn each day.  
> 
> Doesn't excuse knowing, but reduces today's problems! <smile>
> 
> tamara
> 
> <<< Trevor Phillips <phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au>  3/ 3  6:26p >>>
> Matt Kemner wrote:
> > 
> > I received your messages, but I think the trouble is noone here
really
> > knows the answer, nor has been willing to take a stab at it.
> 
> Well, at least one "don't have a clue" message would've helped. ^_^;;
> 
> > Maybe the mention of "HP" scared everyone off. ;)
> 
> *rofl*
> I used to love 'em, used to be the only UNIX system I could deal
with. Now,
> though, I'm too far out of the loop to deal with their
idiosyncracies. ^_^
> I've had more grief with them than I've posted to this list, too.
*sigh*
> (Anyone know any HP-UX11 resources online?? ^_^;;)
> 
> > Personally I have no idea if you can set the BackSpace and Delete
keycodes
> > from the server end, other than maybe /etc/X11/Xmodmap rather than
> > ~/.Xmodmap
> 
> I posted another message detailing the problem. When starting X, I
was getting
> the error:
> Error:            Cannot open "/var/X11R6/xkb/compiled/server-0.xkm"
to write
> keyboard description 
> 
> I tracked it down to it trying to create that file in a read-only
directory
> (complicated by NFS-Root Read Only mounting. ^_^)
> Still, 3 systems, and all were different!!
> 
> With the xkbcomp working, it maps backspace and delete to the two
variants, so
> even if I end up in a strange terminal, one or the other will work.
> 
> > Mine contains the lines:
> > 
> > keycode 22 = BackSpace
> > keycode 107 = Delete
> > keycode 115 = osfSelect
> > keycode 116 = osfActivate
> > keycode 117 = osfMenu
> > 
> > The latter three lines enabling me to bind those otherwise worthless
> > "microsoft keys" on my keyboard to useful functions.
> 
> Cool!! Could be worth binding 'em to something. ^_^
> 
> > As for a recommendation for an IMAP Mail reader, pine in an rxvt
would be
> > my choice.
> 
> *sigh*
> *wonders if there are any Perl IMAP libraries yet*
> 
> > I can't help you with your KDE browser problem, because I only
started
> > looking at KDE yesterday (got it running on my Sparc Classic..
looks good,
> > but haven't made up my mind if I like it yet :)
> 
> I like it better than CDE. ^_^
> 
> > I think for general web pages, Netscape or Mozilla are going to be
the go
> > for a little while yet.
> 
> Yeah, I did a bit of research at Mozilla.org yesterday; The next gen
Mozilla
> stuff looks great!! Complete renderer (HTML, XML, CSS, JS, etc ...)
in a 1.4
> meg module adaptible to any app!! I wonder if KDE will use the
Mozilla renderer
> when it's more polished...
> 
> > Your Samba/KDE query might be best asked to the KDE community.
> 
> Yeah, I think it's time to hunt for some KDE mail lists...
> 
> > >   - It's privileged info, and not to be dished out till I'm a
fully
> > > initiated Clan member
> > 
> > Well there's that too.. You're not an initiated Clan member until
you've
> > fragged the president at the Global Warriors games night to be had
at the
> > end of this month *grin*
> 
> Oh, is THAT all! ^_^
> Still, I've had enough probs with my home PC lugging it to friends
places
> nearby, let alone lugging it on that great exodus to the other side
of the
> river. ^_^ It's currently "reclining" on my desk, with the Jaz drive
running
> free (damn buggy Jaz drives...)
> 
> What're the games of the time? Quake2? Many of you lot active
on-line gamers??
> I'm a co-founder (and leader when none of the rest want the
responsibility) of
> Clan Nexus, primarily a Quake2 clan, altho we've been a bit quiet
this year.
> Hanging out for Q3A. ^_^
> 
> -- 
> . Trevor Phillips             -          
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> : CWIS Technical Officer         -          
T.Phillips at murdoch.edu.au : 
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> 
> 

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